Tala Bleau - Art and Technology (FMXH 211)

The most striking musical that I found while browsing Angel's blog is Titanic . The whole idea of turning the tragic event into a musical happened when Maury Yeston, a composer and musicologist, watched a program about the remains of the Titanic being found. The thought of the people who endured the night of the sinking and how much their lives changed in a matter of hours piqued Yeston's creative mind to make a musical. By the time of his idea though, many books, documentaries, and even one of the worlds highest grossing movies were made, so there was much competition already in the circuit. First, the music was composed. This apparently was the easy part of creating this musical because the technological aspects of the story line, such as the breaking of the ship, proved difficult to build and then be transferred to a new venue. Many thought that this production would be a major failure, but that was far from the truth. Titanic did so well that it got 5 Tony awards and was sh

The use of the audio from the opera Madama Butterfly along with the visual of the phonograph gives the audience clues to the emotional tones of the story. Once the phonograph comes into play, it represents the tie between the two characters Butterfly and Pinkerton, and the sound is peaceful and even upbeat at times. As soon as the phonograph is not shown anymore, the music turns morose and the epic drama of loss and despair begins. Without the audio of the opera, the piece by Pjotr Sapegin would not have the same effect on the viewer because the opera provides an extra sense, hearing, to the experience. The singing and instruments give audience members a chance to see into the mind of the character Butterfly and feel her emotions as she goes through a journey filled with major highs and lows.

In a professional setting, in the future, I could most definitely use Raul Cuero's methods, and even relating to it now as a freshman in college I can still use them in my everyday life. Cuero says that in order to further oneself, he/she needs to do what others are not expecting of him/her. To change the expectations of others through innovation and the unknown is the best way to use creativity while also not being limited by society itself. One way I could use this approach in my daily life is to try new things, go to new places, discover what I would not normally know unless I went out of my comfort zone to do so. This is the best time to do this because its the start of a new school year and I am surrounded by people who I do not know and do not know me, so 'reinventing' myself, so to speak, would be to my benefit because it would show those who don't think certain things are possible for me to do, that they are possible and achievable. Along with defying expectatio

When the concept of art comes to mind, I never thought of what Pierre Huyghe does as an art form, but as I look deeper into it, I have an understanding of why his art and art of the 21st century has come to this point. Art is about using your own creative spirit to express emotions, concepts, senses, etc. in different formats, and as time has past, art has been taking more unique shapes. This is because as we as a society have progressed into the future, we do not feel as stimulated towards the traditional  art that is da Vinci, van Gogh, Michelangelo, etc., so now, artists are able to create new art forms to grab the attention of the everyday person living in the common era. Pierre Huyghe's art symbolizes the fall of traditional art and the "starting point to go somewhere else" (Pierre Huyghe). "Somewhere else" represents art in any form: from puppet shows and amusement parks, to expeditions and parades. Pierre Huyghe challenges artists today to do what has nev